WPP Open L2 Support Engineer

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients, and communities.

Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 115,000 accomplished people in 110 countries. WPP has headquarters in New York, London and Singapore and a corporate presence in major markets worldwide.

We create transformative ideas and outcomes for our clients through an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce, and technology.

Why we're hiring:

The vision of the WPP Open Platform is to create a common development and architecture framework, with supporting infrastructure, for the development of digital products across WPP. The platform will provide the single point for access to excellent technology and data for our agencies; allowing them to build and improve products and applications, then share them across the business, improving visibility and collaboration. With Open, we expect to address our client needs faster and reduce the time to market for new capability.

As a support Engineer you will ensure we provide world-class support services to our customers across our platform. You will be part of a global team of Application support specialists. This is a high visibility role that involves being the point of coordination and escalation for all support activities in the region. You will be expected to be hands-on, and ensure that we do what it takes to provide a quality service experience to our customers. You will proactively ensure the stability and resiliency of the platform by implementing industry standards for Support and ensure they are aligned with WPP IT policies.

You will be reporting to the Support Manager and collaborating with the rest of the teams in Platform services.

What you'll be doing:

• Provide first and second-line technical and application support to clients
• Exhibit a composed and confident demeanour when working with clients experiencing issues
• Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions
• Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
• Perform Level 1 and Level 2 support tasks, including executing user password resets as needed and processing access requests for approved applications
• Maintain detailed notes related to each support ticket, documenting error messages, troubleshooting steps, and other important information for resolution purposes
• Follow established runbook procedures to resolve user issues
• Utilize established decision trees to escalate user issues to the appropriate team
• Ensure compliance with service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Collaborate with various internal teams to resolve issues promptly
• Identify opportunities to enhance the process and/or customer experience
• Contribute to maintaining a knowledge base of information to expedite resolution of future issues
• Assist our client service team with generating client reports through the ticketing system
• Maintain and update the support ticket tracking system
• Maintain user instructions to ensure accuracy and relevancy
• Manage personnel matters, including defining roles, recruiting, and working with operational leads to effectively onboard new team members

What you'll need:

• Demonstrated experience working effectively with global teams
• Possesses relevant technical and business understanding and experience
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, are prerequisite for effectively communicating with users and other technical support teams
• Minimum of three years' experience providing technical support for enterprise-level applications and technologies
• Proven ability to manage teams within an application support domain
• Experience configuring and managing customer issue management tools such as JIRA, Zendesk, and ServiceNow
• Experience working with reporting tools to measure performance and identify areas for improvement.
• Proficient in managing an SLA-driven service for multiple clients
• Some experience with coding and software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Some experience of SQL and scripting (Python).
• API calls strong understanding and experience (Postman).
• GCP Foundation
• ArgoCD
• Statuspage
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills, including the ability to create structured documentation and reports.
• Sound understanding of ITIL best practices for managing and delivering IT services.

Who you are:

You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are accepting: of new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures for our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

Passionate, inspired people: We promote a culture of people that do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity: We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work: Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?